FLOOD WATCH NOW UP FOR NYC METRO, PHILLY, BALTIMORE NORTH
Posted: (September 04, 2008 02:56 pm)

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
300 PM EDT THU SEP 4 2008


NEW CASTLE-CECIL-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-
WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-
PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...MORRISTOWN...
FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...TRENTON...
PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...
MOUNT HOLLY...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...
PHILADELPHIA

300 PM EDT THU SEP 4 2008

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE...NORTHEAST
  MARYLAND...NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING
  THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...NEW CASTLE. IN
  NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CECIL. IN NEW JERSEY...CAMDEN...
  GLOUCESTER...HUNTERDON...MERCER...MIDDLESEX...MORRIS...
  NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON...SALEM...SOMERSET AND WESTERN
  MONMOUTH. IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...BUCKS...CHESTER...
  DELAWARE...MONTGOMERY AND PHILADELPHIA.

* FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT

* TROPICAL STORM HANNA IS LOCATED 200 MILES EAST OF THE BAHAMA
  ISLANDS THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHWEST
  TONIGHT AND FRIDAY AND THEN ALONG THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC COAST
  SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. 

IT IS EXPECTED TO BRING 3 TO 5 INCHES
  OF RAIN TO THE WATCH AREA SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. THESE
  RAINFALL TOTALS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE AREAS OF FLOODING
  ACROSS THE AREA.

* IN THE FLOOD WATCH AREA, ROADS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS MAY
  BECOME FLOODED. ALSO, SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY RUN HIGH OR
  GO OUT OF THEIR BANKS WITH THIS EVENT.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.